CVE-2023-51704 — Cross-site Scripting in Mediawiki

CWE-79 — Cross-site ScriptingCWE-80 — Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)5 documents5 sources
Severity
6.1MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 39.38%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
MediawikiDebian Mediawiki
Timeline
PublishedDec 22

Description

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.14, 1.36.x through 1.39.x before 1.39.6, and 1.40.x before 1.40.2. In includes/logging/RightsLogFormatter.php, group-*-member messages can result in XSS on Special:log/rights.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 2.7

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/mediawiki< mediawiki 1:1.39.7-1~deb12u1 (bookworm)
▶NVDmediawiki/mediawiki1.36.0 — 1.39.6+2
▶Debianmediawiki/mediawiki< 1:1.35.13-1+deb11u3+3

Patches

Patch: phabricator.wikimedia.org ↗Patch: phabricator.wikimedia.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
CVE-2023-51704: An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1↗2023-12-22
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GHSA
GHSA-pmh9-hwq5-vvpj: An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1↗2023-12-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
mediawiki: group-.*-member messages are not properly escaped on Special:log/rights↗2023-12-22
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Debian
CVE-2023-51704: mediawiki - An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.14, 1.36.x through 1.39.x befor...↗2023
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